#5B3291#5B3291

#5B3291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.150 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3291
RGB	rgb(91, 50, 145)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 65.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 38.86, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 60.05, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0745 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.15 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5646, 6.5496, 27.4902)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3291 #689132

analogous

#323891 #5B3291 #8A3291

triadic

#5B3291 #915B32 #32915B

tetradic

#5B3291 #913238 #689132 #32918A

square

#5B3291 #913238 #689132 #32918A

split-complementary

#5B3291 #918A32 #389132

monochromatic

#221336 #3E2263 #5B3291 #7842BE #9870CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#5B3291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B3291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3291

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3291	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04488F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 50, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.150 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6cb2',
    500: '#5b3291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3291;
$custom-light: #8e6cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41993,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3291

secondary

#95B569

accent

#D8509D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3291

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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